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Posts from ‘February, 2009’

Watchmen

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We are less then a week away from the release of the Watchmen movie. I think that is going to be the first truly gritty Superhero movie. Other have tried but have been held up by the PG-13 rating, Watchmen will be R and there is a lot you can do differently with that simple [...]

Symmetrical Docking Friday (Week 27)

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This weeks SDF shows that docking is not just for the well endowed, even those with less in the chest can get in on the docking action. Symmetrical Docking can even bring bitter enemies Eureka and Anemone from Eureka 7 can put aside their difference for a little SD fun. And this reminds me I [...]

Clean Coal??

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This is Reality launched a new “Clean Coal” ad today. The new ad is directed by Academy Award-winning brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. The ads are aimed at bring to the light that altho the Coal industry is touting coal as the future for electric generation in the US. There is not even one Clean [...]

Calling All FireFly Fans

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Just saw this over on the Bad Astronomy Blog. Nasa is letting the public name Node 3 on the International Space Station. Node 3 is a connecting module, that well… connects the larger nodes together. Nasa has set up a site for the public to vote for the name, and so far Serenity is wining [...]

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder

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Doh!! Been so busy trying to fix my Sisters computer (God I hate Windows) that I totally forgot that the Forth Futurama movie came out yesterday. Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder is the forth direct to DVD movie that makes up the fifth season of Futurama. There is not yet any official news about [...]

Make Your Own Lightsaber

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Did you know that Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’s Lightsabers were made from photographers flash guns. And, that Obi-Wan Kenobi’s is just a bunch of pluming parts and a hand grenade. Well then you need to check out this week’s episode of Systm. Where they show you how to build a movie accurate light sabers [...]

Game Review: Peggle

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My latest game obsession is comes from Pop Cap Games, the same folks who make Bejeweled. Now a lot of “Gamers” wouldn’t touch a puzzle game as they are not ‘Real Games’. I don’t buy it, yea on some of them there is a bit of luck in involved. If you stop and think about [...]